Kids Practicing Yoga – The Many Benefits
Like most adults, our children live a life of stress. While they don’t have to worry about mortgages or finances they do have homework, peer pressure and over-scheduling to contend with. And like adults, these kids are turning to yoga to help them relax.
Kids’ yoga has numerous benefits. Regular practice can help kids develop better body awareness, self-control, flexibility and coordination. Yoga stretching and body alignment can create a better athlete while also improve listening skills.
In fact, Yoga has been shown to help the hyperactive and attention-deficit child. These children crave movement and sensory/motor stimulus. Yoga helps channel these impulses in a positive way. Yoga poses help instill calm, confidence and balance.
If done properly, yoga is a suitable alternative to tumbling and team sports for getting stressed-out, sedentary children socializing, exercising and building discipline.
This summer solstice come play with your family and celebrate with the community through yoga, meditation, storytelling, music and nature. Join senior certified Anusara Instructor Jeanie Manchester for early morning meditation and asana practice, while children participate in an interdisciplinary program with storyteller and children’s yoga expert Sydney Solis. Fun-packed evening programs round out the experience. Children ages 6 to 12 are welcome to participate in the program. Childcare is available through our Shotoku Children’s Center for children ages 3 to 5. Contact Shambhala Mountain Center to learn more.
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